This would not be a simile because there is not comparison (like or as are used in similes) this is actually C. because the author is describing the scenery so that the reader is able to imagine it.
Suspense; <span>a state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what might happen.
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The word aqueduct comes from the Latin words "Aqua" meaning water and "ducere" meaning to lead. Then it becomes the Latin word "aquae ductus" meaning conduit. Therefore, the meaning of the word aqueduct is a structure that leads water. The correct answer is option B.
The area of semantics that studies word meanings as they occur in grammatical structures is linguistic semantics.
